U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued no ruling but indicated that he would issue one in a timely fashion.
He cited a ruling from 2006 in which an appellate court declined to block then Maryland Gov.
Tobin said that the Trump exclusion was different from the Baltimore Sun case.
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He emphasized that what was at issue was the exclusion of the AP once access had already been provided.
He did not go into specifics.
Miller and Tobin also noted coverage of a recent Space X mission to retrieve Space Station astronauts.
Networks avoided using the terms Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of America, and instead referred to the Gulf.
It seems to me they were trying to skirt around the issue, Miller said.
The AP is one of the largest news organizations in the world.
We dont know what we are missing out on, Miller said.
That is a huge loss to the way we do our jobs.
The AP claims a violation of the First Amendment and the right to due process.
Networks avoided using the terms Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of America, and instead referred to the Gulf.
On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order to rename the body of water.
But Evan Vucci, the APs chief photographer in Washington, noted the APs reach to 4 billion people.
None were from the AP, Vucci said.
It kills us, he said.
But its nothing less than a brazen attempt to punish the AP for using words the president doesnt like.
Its also meant to show other media outlets what will happen if they dont fall in line.
She added, The AP has no corporate owner and no shareholders.
If we dont step up to defend Americans right to speak freely, who will?
Today the U.S. government wants to control the APs speech.
Tomorrow it could be someone elses.
McFadden is weighing whether to grant to AP a preliminary injunction to restore its access.
